Portland, OR -- (SBWire) -- 12/30/2015 --On November 5 and 6 of 2015, the Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) Conference took place in Boston, MA, at the Charles Hotel. Keynote speakers brought awareness to the growing shift of focus on consumerism in the healthcare industry, now that patients have more options for selecting a medical provider due to the growth of high-deductible health plans.

To succeed in an increasingly competitive healthcare market, providers will need to tailor their services to satisfy the needs of patients who now take quality, transparency, convenience and price into account when choosing a provider. Providing patients with high-quality beds, towels, linens and garments is a hospitality service that has a major impact on patient perception, which can affect consumerism. As a premium medical laundry provider of uniform scrubs in Portland, OR, ImageFIRST offers renting, delivering and cleaning services that can help to increase consumerism in medical facilities.

By partnering with the unique and patient-perception-focused laundry services of ImageFIRST Portland, healthcare facilities can provide their patients with products that adhere to infection prevention standards, are of the highest-quality and are extremely comfortable. When patients experience garments and bed linens that are in top condition, they will develop a positive perception of the facility at which they are receiving treatment and will most likely share their thoughts with other individuals – an important factor for increasing consumerism that was presented at the HBSHAA conference.

The superior laundry services of ImageFIRST Portland provide healthcare facilities with a cost-effective solution that can help improve the patient experience, which is an advantage for when traditional hospital revenues will decrease, as predicted and discussed at the HBSHAA conference. Since the medical-based laundry service providers are dedicated to meeting the needs of their customers with quality products, processes and services that help to enhance patient satisfaction, healthcare facilities who partner with them are sure to grab consumer attention by being adequately sourced with garments, linens and uniforms.

To find out how to leave an everlasting positive impression on patients with the topnotch medical laundry services of ImageFIRST Portland, call 800-932-7472. Also, the company specializes in supplying medical facilities with uniform garments across the Portland, OR region.

About ImageFIRST
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST Portland, please visit their website at http://portland.imagefirst.com.